An e-mail message that contains only unformatted ASCII text. Text e-mail may be the only option for wireless, handheld devices, but it was the traditional format for all e-mail before the Internet exploded in the mid-1990s. Contrast with HTML e-mail.
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- Dimdim has released an upgrade of its open source web conferencing software that features synchronized co-browsing, enhanced performance and greater scalability. The Boston-based company said the 4.5 version of its namesake software allows users to plug-in URLs and share web-based data and videos with other browser users...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
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- Blog posts 2008-12-03
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- Soshiku, a website created by 17-year old Andrew Shaper, is a simple and elegant web-based tool for tracking school assignments. Launched this September, I stumbled across it via a note on Twitter and I have to say I'm completely impressed. According to the launch press release, ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict
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- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- 'Semantic Web for Business' ultimately misses the mark
- Weighing in at 416 text-packed pages, Semantic Web for Business could have been the latest attempt to bridge the divide between the university hotbeds of Semantic Web research and a business community ripe for persuading of semantic technologies' multifarious benefits. In that, though, the volume proves ultimately unsatisfying and a...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Nokia updates Nokia Maps and Nokia Messaging clients and services
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- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?
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- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- IT expert executed in Iran
- Following Pakistan's recently introduced "Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008" according to which potential cyberterrorists would face the death penalty, a neighboring country, Iran, has recently executed an IT expert who confessed of being an Israeli spy for at least three years. After being recruited by Mossad during a business...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Hapax CEO recognises importance of shared infrastructure moving forward
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- Blog posts 2008-11-28
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- Just this week, I was applauding Twitter for rejecting an offer from Facebook. One reason I noted was that Twitter's SMS text feature makes alerts from twittering (tweeting?) news outlets such as ZDNet even more valuable. Now, that feature seems headed for the history books as wireless carriers impose fee...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
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- Blog posts 2008-11-26
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- I've been watching Palamida's tracking of GPLv3 (and LGPLv3) adoption over the last year with interest. It looks like adoption is moving at a reasonable, if not super-speedy, pace. However, not everyone is moving from version 2 to version 3. One company, Likewise, actually decided to move backwards from GPLv3...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
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- Blog posts 2008-11-26
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- Blog posts 2008-11-25
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- Blog posts 2008-11-25
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- Blog posts 2008-11-25
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- Blog posts 2008-11-24
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- News items 2008-11-24
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- Blog posts 2008-11-24
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- Blog posts 2008-11-24
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